Welcome to the HI Beer Blast, your weekly guide to what’s new at Hawaii’s best craft beer bars, restaurants, brewpubs and more. You’ll also find info on local beer events. New blasts go out every week on Thursdays.
1. Brew’d
New Beers:
Baird Brewing Rising Sun Pale Ale draft
De Ranke XXX Bitter draft
Bourgogne Des Flanders draft
Deschutes Conflux No.3 Doppel Dinkel Bock draft
Epic Armageddon IPA bottles
Xbeeriment Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Force One (Imperial Smoked Stout) bottles
Good Life Sweet As Pacific Ale cans
Events:
Wednesday August 27th 4pm-2am – Big Island Brewhaus Tap Attack 3 B.I.B. drafts + Cask Conditioned Overboard IPA
2. Whole Foods Kailua
New Beers:
Deschutes Foray Belgian IPA
St. Bernardus Wit / ABT 12 / Prior 8
Oud Beersel geuze
Oud Beersel Kriek
3. Real A Gastropub
New Beers:
Xbeeriment Hoppenheimer
Duchesse De Bourgogne
Brasserie Caracole Saxo
St. Bernardus Extra 4
Ballast Point Reef Rye Brown
Deschutes Conflux #3 Doppel Dinkel Bock Bottles
Knee Deep Imperial Tanilla Bottles
Hoppin’ Frog Mean Manalishi Bottles
Oude Beersel Geuze Bottles
Deschutes Foray Bottles
Hoppin’ Frog Hop Heathen Bottles
Events:
Saturday, August 16th 2nd Annual REAL Beerfest – Tickets available at REAL a Gastropub or BREW’d Craft Pub
Monday, August 18th West Coastin’ Beer Tasting – $30 all inclusive, Reservations Required – Call the Pub at 596-2526
Our “Summer of Sam” continues with Sam Adams Double Bock to be followed by the Grumpy Monk.
Widmer Citra Blonde
Widmer Saison A Fleurs
The Good Life Descender IPA
5. SWAM
New Beers:
Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA
Sierra Nevada 2014 Harvest Single Hop IPA
Deschutes Foray Belgian Style IPA
Birra del Borgo My Antonia Continually Hopped Imperial Pilsner (Collaboration with Dogfish Head)
6. 12th Ave. Grill
Events:
12th Ave Grill’s End of the Summer Beer Dinner with Certified Cicerone Bill Carl
Monday, August 18th, 6:30 pm – $80 all inclusive – tickets at 12thavegrillendofsummerbeerdinner.eventbrite.com or call 732.9469 for pre paid tickets for the event
Menu
1st Course
Spicy Kauai Shrimp-Scallop Sausage
w/green papaya-watercress slaw
Pinkus Organic Ur-Pilsner
Dogfish Head Birra del Borgo My Antonia
2nd Course
Crispy Nut Brown Ale braised Duroc Pork Rib
w/Big Island apricot-molasses glaze, Kula onions two ways
Clown Shoes Brown Angel
Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale
3rd Course
Slow grilled Maui Cattle Co Bone In Short Rib
w/Hau’ula tomato-kohlrabi relish
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen (smoked)
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen (smoked)
4th Course
Grilled, curry marinated Haleakala Lamb Kabob
w/Naked Cow Lebanon cheese tzatziki
Breakside Brewery Wanderlust IPA
Big Island Brewhaus Holy Humulus IPA
Dessert
Roasted Coconut Tres Leches Cake
w/Porter caramelized Apple Bananas
Big Island Brewhaus White Mountain Porter
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